New
Moon* ♎ Libra
Moon phase for
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New Moon
New Moon is the lunar phase on . Surface of the Moon disc is not illuminated. The 1 day young Moon is in ♎ Libra.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 22 October 2006 at 05:14 UTC.
Moon phases for next 7 days
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Moon phase and lunation details
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises at sunrise and sets at sunset. It's part facing the Earth is completely in shadow.
Moon in ♎ Libra
Moon is passing about ∠20° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1774" and ∠1928".
Beaver Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2006 after 15 days on 5 November 2006 at 12:58.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 22 October 2006 at 05:14
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 29 October 2006 at 21:25
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 5 November 2006 at 12:58
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 12 November 2006 at 17:45
Spring tide
There is high New Moon ocean tide on this date. Combined Sun and Moon gravitational tidal force working on Earth is strong, because of the Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy alignment.
New lunation 83 / 1036
At 11:45 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 83 of Meeus index or 1036 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.73 days
29 days, 17 hours and 29 minutes is the length of new lunation 83. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2006. It is 25 minutes longer than next lunation 84 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 4 hours and 45 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 2 hours and 18 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠182.3°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠182.3°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠207.1°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon after apogee
2 days after point of apogee on 19 October 2006 at 09:35 in ♍ Virgo. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 13 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 3 November 2006 at 23:50 in ♈ Aries.
Distance to Moon 404 049 km
Moon is 404 049 km (251 064 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 13 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 360 598 km (224 065 mi).
Moon after descending node
2 days after its descending node on 19 October 2006 at 09:34 in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 11 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 2 November 2006 at 06:55 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
15 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
9 days after previous North standstill on 12 October 2006 at 08:52 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠28.678°. Next 5 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-28.595° in the next southern standstill on 27 October 2006 at 02:05 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy
The Moon is in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun on this date and this alignment forms Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.